[PHOTOS] Liverpool Unveils Redesigned Anfield To Seat Close To 60,000 People
Stunning new Anfield plans will be put into action during the summer of 2016.
By Farouq Johari — 25 Apr 2014, 10:48 AM — Updated over 10 years ago
Liverpool FC have unveiled Anfield expansion plans which could eventually boost capacity at their home of 112 years to almost 60,000
Liverpool FC have released detailed images of their proposed new Main Stand as they prepare to submit a planning application for the redevelopment of Anfield.
An artist's impression of the new-look Anfield, with the proposed Main Stand development in the foreground.
Image via liverpoolecho.co.ukLiverpool will apply to the city council for planning permission this summer to rebuild both the Main Stand and the Anfield Road Stand but phase one of the building work will involve just the Main Stand.
That will raise the capacity of Anfield to 53,000, and a second phase will begin soon after that will raise the number of seats to around 60,000 - and place Liverpool behind only Manchester United in terms of match-day revenues.
mirror.co.ukThe entire redevelopment will cost around £100M, less than a third of the cost of a new stadium but delivering a similar capacity
The Reds announced in October 2012 that rather than move to a new stadium, they would prefer to redevelop Anfield and would work with Liverpool City Council to transform the surrounding area through a comprehensive regeneration plan.
Staying at Anfield will mean revenues eventually exceed the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea, without placing the club under the sort of debts the Gunners suffered with their costly Emirates build.
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The £100million cost will be partly financed by a lucrative naming rights deal for the stand with a major sponsor. However, the stadium's name won't change.
Anfield officials hope construction will start early 2015 and will be completed in the summer of 2016
Staying at Anfield will mean revenues eventually exceed the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea.
Image via bbc.comAs boss Brendan Rodgers and his team close in on a stunning Premier League title, Liverpool will submit their plans, based on these drawings, in June, and are confident they will complete the first phase of their redevelopment by the summer of 2016, eventually allowing the club to compete financially at the top of the Premier League.
mirror.co.ukPart of the proposed redevelopment would result in the memorial to the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 moved into the rebuilt Main Stand.
Liverpool currently lie fifth in the Premier League income table, with a turnover of just over £200M (RM1.099 Bilion), a far cry from Manchester United’s £400M
Manchester City are second at £300m, while Chelsea and Arsenal both generate around £280m a year, but Liverpool believe the combination of Champions’ League football and a stadium capacity of 60,000 would catapult them above their rivals to just behind United.
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Ian Ayre, managing director of Liverpool Football Club, said, “To compete we knew we have to progress on two fronts - that was Champions’ League and the stadium. We are now back in the Champions’ League, and we believe this is a great solution for the stadium.”
"It's a significant step forward. With the club stepping forward on the pitch this season it's fitting that we're able to feel that we're making progress on the stadium."
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